View full sizePresident Barack Obama: You'd think a state with "bama" in the name would support me. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Who would have thought President Barack Obama would win re-election by a landslide? Well, at least he's predicted to win by a landslide. Predicted by, of all people, an Alabamian!

It's enough to make Alabama Republicans' heads explode.

Oh, Republican Mitt Romney will win Alabama. We have a long, proud history of voting against our best interests.

But astrophysicist and statistician Wes Colley, a professor at the University of Alabama-Huntsville, said his analysis has Obama winning re-election by 348 electoral votes to Romney's 190 electoral votes.

Colley is no novice at this either. He has correctly predicted the past two presidential elections.

"I think the operative word is disaster if you're a Republican," Colley told Alabama Media Group Huntsville reporter Challen Stephens. "These things can swing a lot. But it would have to swing a lot a lot."

Sorry Obama opponents; Colley knows his stuff. He's runs one of the six computer rankings that help the Bowl Championship Series decide the top teams in college football. He's been pretty good to Alabama the past few years, hasn't he?

For Romney to win now, his supporters have to be hoping for a huge "October surprise." The debates start tonight. Let's see how that goes.